As drivers travel aging roads and crumbling bridges, federal highway funding is failing to keep pace with inflation in nearly every state — and some such as Maryland are suffering a sharper decline than others, according to an analysis of...

Saying it ignores vital safety issues, U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District., on Friday criticized the draft of a passenger rail bill that a Congressional committee issued this week.
The proposal came out just two days after a Metro-North crash in...

HERSHEY — With a long-term funding fix for the federal highway system looming large on their to-do list, congressional Republicans gathered Thursday in a state where GOP legislators recently hiked taxes on gasoline — and still have benefited...

The Obama administration is on the verge of proposing long-awaited rules for commercial drone operations in U.S. skies, but key decisions on how much access to grant drones are likely to come from Congress next year.
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The western Pennsylvania congressman who chairs the House Transportation Committee is drawing a line in the sand for the next round of negotiations on a highway funding bill: no hike for the gasoline tax.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Rep. Bill Shuster, R-9th District, ruled out both any increase to the 18.4-cent-per-gallon levy and creating any new motorist user fees, like a fee on each mile traveled.
“The president has ruled out a gas tax, I don't think there's a will in...

Without quick action by Congress, the U.S. Transportation Department may begin scaling back or halting work on thousands of roads, bridges and other infrastructure projects at the height of the construction season this July, when the nation's Highway Trust Fund is expected to run dry.
But as recent spending battles in Washington have shown, finding bipartisan cooperation to prevent the fund from becoming insolvent will be no easy task, particularly in an election year.
The standoff is the latest...

Incumbent Republicans cruised to victory in key primary elections Tuesday, offering fresh evidence that the party's establishment wing has successfully neutralized outside conservative groups that have vexed congressional leaders since the rise of the tea party.
In Kentucky, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the party's leader in the Senate, easily won renomination for a sixth term over challenger Matt Bevin, who had hoped to tap into tea party activists' distrust of GOP leaders in Washington. McConnell was leading...

The centrist shift of the Republican Party, first observed last fall with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's landslide re-election, continued this week with GOP establishment candidates defeating tea party challengers in primary races. The most visible was Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's trouncing of a conservative opponent who was once running ahead of him in polls.
Mr. McConnell is nobody's moderate, but he's no tea party absolutist either. What he represents — and what voters in Kentucky...

A bill that would allow airlines to advertise fares without including taxes and fees would "deceive" travelers about the true cost of flying, according to a trade group for the nation's travel agents.
The proposed federal legislation, which is supported by the nation's airline, allows carriers to advertise base fares with extra fees and taxes shown separately.
The bill would negate a U.S. Department of Transportation rule that took effect in 2012 and requires that all advertised fares show the full...

Republicans may control the U.S. House, but it was the Democrats who dominated the baseball field this week in the 53rd annual Congressional baseball game.
Four Pennsylvania House members took the field at Nationals Park on Wednesday: Reps. Lou Barletta, Pat Meehan and Bill Shuster were in the GOP dugout, while Rep. Mike Doyle, clad in Pittsburgh Pirates gear, was the manager for the Democrats.
Don’t be fooled by the fact that these ball players spend their days wearing suits and debating tax...